Month: July 2011

Hyderabad, July 26: C Venugopal had purchased a plot in survey number 25 of Yamnampet village in Keesara mandal two years ago. On Monday, he landed at the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) office in Tarnaka to check land usage of his plot on the draft master plan for the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region.

So did M Eshwar of Housing Board, Moula Ali who had purchased 267 sq yards land in Jaithwaram village. Eshwar, however, realized that his plot was in a conservation zone where he cannot construct a house due to restrictions.

Hyderabad, July 26: The endowments department, after conducting an inquiry, on Monday charged Mr N. Vijaya Kumar, joint commissioner and executive officer of Kalahastheeswara temple, with dereliction of duty, besides imposing punishment on two retired senior officials.

Hyderabad, July 26: The state, which has been shying away from national common tests all these years citing “Presidential Order” on local and non-local issues and its reservations policy, will have to do away with Eamcet medical exam, since the MCI submitted to the apex court that it would also release state-wise merit lists and individual states could undertake admissions on their own without disturbing their reservation policies and other issues.

Hyderabad, July 26: Andhra Bank has become Telangana Bank, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) has been rewritten as Telangana Tourism Development Corporation (TGTDC). Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is now Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC). Andhra Bhavan hotel has become Telangana Bhavan hotel. From eateries to government offices, even number-plates on vehicles are proudly showing off the ‘AP’ cut-out and replacing it with a TG.

Lucknow, July 26: LUCKNOW: A day after Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh mooted a “suggestion” of merging the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) with his party, Ajit Singh attacked his former political ally for “day-dreaming” and suggested that Mr. Mulayam Singh should instead concentrate on his party. The RLD president reminded the SP chief that in the 2007 Assembly elections the SP’s strength had come down to 88 from 200.

Hyderabad, July 26: The state government on Tuesday issued prohibitory orders against the commercial use of plots in Prasashan Nagar, the housing colony of All India Services officers.

The revenue principal secretary, Mr Anil C. Punetha, issued orders empowering the managing committee of the Prashasan Nagar Co-operative House Building Society Limited to take back plots from officers who violate the rules and attempt to put the vacant residential plots for commercial use.

Hyderabad, July 26: As long as anyone enjoys the power in the Government, he will have no health problems and handles the matters in his own style. When, the same person lands in jail facing allegations, the next moment all the diseases surrounds him and demands for an immediate admission in corporate hospital and costly treatments.

Islamabad, July 26: The Pakistan-India dialogue on Kashmir should not be just for form’s sake but should also yield constructive results, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said.

“Pakistan believes in the resolution of Kashmir issue as per the wishes of the Kashmiris in the light of UN resolutions on Kashmir,” she said during a meeting with JKLF leader Yasin Malik at Lahore Monday.

Khar’s meeting with Malik took place a day ahead of her departure for New Delhi to attend talks with her Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna.

New Delhi,July 26: Says ‘to be apart of Cong you have to join the circus’.SENIOR Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Mani Shankar Aiyar has done it again.

Speaking at a panel discussion during a book launch on Sunday, the irrepressible Aiyar sparked off another controversy when he said the Congress was a circus and every party man had to be a part of it in his attempts to push himself for greener pastures.

New Delhi, July 26: Police say tourist visas being used, third such case in one month. Police arrested six Uzbek women late on Sunday night from South-East Delhi for their alleged involvement in a sex-racket.

The main accused person, a woman, who allegedly ran the racket is also from Uzbekistan and is absconding. Police have seized two registers from the premises.

According to authorities, the modus operandi of the accused was to bring women into India on a tourist visa and indulge them into flesh trade.

New york,July 26:THE HOTEL maid who claims former IMF boss Dominique Strauss- Kahn sexually assaulted her in a New York hotel room has broken her silence to demand justice.

Nafissatou Diallo said she had chosen to go public and waive her right to anonymity so that people know the truth about what happened in Strauss- Kahn’s luxury suite on May 14.

Oslo, July 26: BEHRING Breivik told a Norwegian judge on Monday that his bombing and shooting rampage, which killed 93 people, aimed to save Europe from a Muslim takeover, and said two more cells existed in his organisation.

Breivik had earlier revealed that he had acted alone and the police said they have no other suspects in Friday’s attacks.

His remarks were relayed by judge Kim Heger in a news conference held after a closed- door custody hearing.

Timoci Vula, July 26: A FATHER of two who was convicted for raping his female workmate was jailed for four years by the High Court in Lautoka yesterday.

The 26-year-old man was found guilty of one count of rape by majority opinions of the assessors in Lautoka last week.

The High Court heard that the man and the 27-year-old victim had known each other as they had both worked at the same resort for about three months.

Lockport, July 26: A Lockport man has been sentenced to 17 years behind bars and 10 years of supervised release for having around two million images of child pornography in his home and on his computer.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says 37-year-old Robert Terhaar was sentenced on Monday. Some of the child pornography depicted force and violence, and some images were even of newborn babies. Federal agents say Terhaar admitted he fantasizes about young boys and was concerned about his ability to control his sexual urges. Terhaar distributed the images online through various programs.

Islamabad, July 26: With Ramazan-ul-Mubarak just around the corner, Muslims across the world has started making arrangements for the holy month that binds everyone to be mindful of its sanctity.

Ramazan is a Muslim religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, believed to be the month in which the Holy Quran began to be revealed.

Canada, July 25: They waved signs that warned of “creeping jihad” and proclaimed “Islam must be reformed or banned.”

They chanted “No Islam in our schools”; “No Mohamed in our schools”; “No Sharia law in our country.”

About 100 protesters, many from groups such as the Jewish Defense League, the Christian Heritage Party and Canadian Hindu Advocacy, came to the Toronto District School Board Monday evening to protest its approval of formal Friday prayer services for Muslim students at Valley Park Middle School.

Gaza, July 25: The world has been abused and tarnished with US uranium, but the Middle East has been painted with blood and despair by spoils of war from politicians still in search of more Zionism.

“This right is the natural right of the Jewish people to be masters of their own fate, like all other nations, in their own sovereign State.”

This is a quote from the Israeli Declaration of Independence. So, is this referring to every country that has ever existed and has been formed — except for Palestine?

New Delhi, July 26: The status of Hyderabad became the focal point during the first round of consultations the Congress high command had with the party’s Telangana leaders here on Monday.

A 14-member delegation comprising five ministers, five MPs, two MLAs and two MLCs met Union health minister and AICC general secretary in chrge of the party affairs in Andhra Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad in the evening and underlined the need for creation of a separate Telangana state.

Attari, July 26: Pakistan Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir Monday said his country would cooperate with India in the investigation into the recent blasts in Mumbai.

Accompanied by his wife en route to New Delhi where he will hold talks with his Indian counterpart Nirupama Rao Tuesday, Bashir at this international border check-post said he was hopeful that the foreign minister-level talks between both countries beginning Wednesday would bring good results.

New Delhi, July 26: A 27-year-old Nepali woman was murdered and her decomposed body was found in a water tank of her residence in west Delhi, police said Monday.

“Asha’s body was recovered Monday from a water tank on the roof of the house in Baba Haridash Nagar where she had been living for the last one-and-half years,” said a senior police officer.

“Prima facie, it seems to be a case of murder,” said a police officer, adding that they had not ruled out rape before the killing.

“We are waiting for the autopsy report,” said the officer.

Mumbai, July 26: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who chose to be in the front row for designer Gaurav Gupta at the ongoing Synergy1 Delhi Couture Week (DCW), feels that Bollywood celebrities are better off sitting in the front row rather than walking the ramp.

Baghdad, July 26: Three people including a terror suspect were killed and 18 injured in a car bomb explosion in northern Iraq, Xinhua reported Tuesday.

The car bomb exploded near the residence of Mohammed Nassif Jassim, a suspected Al Qaeda member, killing him and two of his daughters, wounding 18 others including his brother.

The blast that occurred in Al-Hawija district of Iraq’s Kirkuk province late Monday, also damaged the victim’s house and a number of neighbouring buildings, a source said.

–IANS–

New Delhi, July 26: Home Minister P Chidambaram today said there are nine documented cases involving right wing terror groups making bombs and killing people and BJP is targeting selective Ministers because the UPA government has quickened investigations into them.

He said the objective of these fundamentalist groups was to clearly create terror and the government has to deal with that.

Interacting with PTI journalists, Chidambaram said BJP’s attack could also be due to the fact that the government has persuaded the court to hear two Ayodhya cases on a more or less day-to-day basis.

New Delhi, July 26: The Supreme Court today decided to view the video footage of Delhi Police crackdown on yoga guru Ramdev and his followers, saying it should be ensured that such incidents do not recur even as it declined to make Union Home Minister P Chidambaram a party to the case at this stage.

A bench of justices B S Chauhan and Swatanter Kumar decided to watch the two-hour video recording of the entire incident on August 5 at 4.15 PM.

Hyderabad, July 26: Suspended Telugu Desam Party leader Nagam Janardhan Reddy on Monday cast doubts about the validity of Speaker Nadendla Manohar’s decision to reject the resignations of the MLAs from Telangana, saying that the elected representatives had put in their papers `voluntarily’ and without any force or due to the emotionally surcharged atmosphere.